A highly sophisticated adtech operation is tracking users, stealing device data, and pushing malware on illegal streaming and ...

Speedycar is an potentially unwanted game that allows you to race around a car and collect coins. What is not disclosed, is that this program also includes an adware component that displays ...

Crusader is an adware program that displays advertisements, modifies text in search results, and displays tech support scam alerts depending on the web sites that you are visiting. This adware ...

Many people think of adware as a form of malware, but that's not necessarily true. Adware is software that helps serve advertisements to you on your computer, usually within a web browser (though ads ...

While providers of adware, or software-based marketing tools, continue to nudge their way into the reluctant embrace of online marketers, consumers have not been shy about speaking out against them, ...

Apple prides itself on prioritizing user security and privacy. It counts the iOS and Mac App Stores, where customers can download an array of trusted, vetted software, as cornerstones of that ...

Google’s Android Play Store has come under fire again after ESET researchers found a total of 42 apps were part of an adware campaign hitting 8 million users. Google’s Android Play Store is ...

Years ago, Apple fans believed Macs were safe from malware. Now, everyone from regular users to power users to Apple itself knows that’s simply not true. Cybercrime is on the rise, so the idea of ...

About nine months ago, newly hired WhenU CEO Bill Day decided he was going to clean up his company's reputation. WhenU, a 5-year-old, so-called adware company that makes its money by selling targeted ...

The decision by adware leader Claria to postpone its initial public offering comes as the fast-growing business of advertising-supported software is increasingly coming under pressure. For years, ...

Google has recently removed 22 Android apps from the Play Store. The apps were removed for abusing Android devices to load and click on ads behind the users' backs. Also: Best Green Monday 2018 deals: ...